Asked if that also means the end of Ween, the group he formed with Mickey Melchiondo (a.k.a. Dean Ween) in the 1984, he answered, "Pretty much, yeah. It's been a long time, 25 years. It was a good run."

As to what he may be moving on to, the announcement follows the recent release of Freeman's first solo release, an album of Rod McKuen covers called "Marvelous Clouds."

"In life sometimes, in the universe, you have to close some doors to have others open," Freeman told Rolling Stone. "There's no, 'Goddamn that such and such!' For me, I'd like to think it's a door I can close finally."

The pride of New Hope, Pennsylvania, Ween made willfully eccentric pop that made the most of Freeman's sense of the absurd and Melchiondo's impressive guitar work while incorporating everything from psychedelic pop to easy listening, country, heavy metal and progressive rock.

They hit the Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1992 with "Push Th' Little Daisies," which received additional exposure on MTV's "Beavis and Butt-head." And "Ocean Man" proved a brilliant addition to the soundtrack of "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" in 2004, seven years after it first hit the streets on "The Mollusk," Freeman's pick for Ween's best album.

Talking to Straight.com in 2008, Freeman said, "I will say that the only record that I ever felt really confident about was 'The Mollusk.' That's my favorite record we've ever done. I couldn't wait for that one to come out."

And that one is an undisputed masterpiece of esoteric pop, but what's great about Ween is that for those who took the time to check it out, their catalog is packed with classic albums, from "Pure Guava" to "Chocolate and Cheese," "12 Country Greats," "Quebec" and 2007's "La Cucaracha," which sadly now appears to be their final chapter.